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moro ludicrous than to observe tho frantic
efforts OF the cadet to make fitting reply while

efforts OF the cadet to make fitting reply while
his mouth was crammed full of marrons glaces and
other stiokv delioacios. How different this from
The manner In which the pages OF hOuor are treated
at Windsor and Osborne where during the whole
time of their service they never have word ad-
dressed TO them directly by their royal mistress.
but receive all her communications through the
intermediary OF the Lord-in-waiting, or some other
equally lofty functIonary of the household
There IL nothing that Unser Fritz " Is fonder OF
than Joke, tu. unlike the English Princes, he
knows now to keep his temper when the victim re-
taliates in kind. Many o: these merry encounters
used to take pl ice at the swimming establishment
of tho Guards Regimen. a. POtsdaIn, where ho wos
a constant visitor. His appearance there was al
WAYS nailed with delight aud was the signal for
the beginning of a series of aquatic " larks."
splendid swimmer and expert diver, he
vas nevertheless duckcd by the soldiers as
often rs he ducked them. One OF his greatest
delights was getting crowd assembled on the
raft floating in midstream. and then oapsizing
himself and those with him pcll NELL into the
water.
THE ORIGIN OF HIS MALADY.
His present malady Is evidently OF hereditary
nature, his grandmother. the beautiful Queen
Louise of Prussia, having died of canccrous tumor
III the neighborhood If the heart. This fact. which
do not believe is known outside OF Court circles
in Perlin. ought to dispose Of the rumors which
seek to attribute his disease adisgracelu source
Never has a more unfounded charge been made,
and do not believe that a man has ever led purer
and more wholesome life than Unsor Fritz"
Few people are aware of the terrible danger
he incurred in June. 1874, when oat driving
near the WIldpark Station. III the outskirts
of Potsdam. He was driving across the rails,
when suddenly the heavy barriers. which are
worked from q considerable distance. were let
down on the approach Of an express train. His
carriage was thus caught between the two closed
barriers. and it was only by the most superhuman
efforts that he was able to raise OF them and to
ge, the vehicle of the track before the train
rushed by.
During his stay last year in England with the
Crown Princess the latter met one of her Old nurses
at Windsor who when asdcd If she had any
message for her married sister nj Berlin. replied
that she would he grateful If the Princess would
inform the sis er that she would se"d hcr little
girl across to Berlin as soon ~ she found a CON
yenient opportunity. On asking for an eNplana-
ton. the Princess discovered that the child. who
was five years old. had been invited by her aunt in
Berlin married to % doctor there, to stay with her
Her Imperial llIgancss immediately offered to
take charge of the little gIrl, and
after having pat stop 10 her old
nurses lie station about accepting such
a favor made all the necessary arrangements. On
the day of the departure. the child bright. pretty
and merry ,itto SOU. was brought To- buckingham
Palace and sitru,iel to the Princess, on whose lap
she travelled most of the way from London 10
Berlin. arflo,,y prat'lins and keeping up rum
ming ire If conversation. ON the boat while talking
III the cabin. there was sudden pIus' III the con-
vcrsation. The little girl looked Tor a trw moments
Irqulrngly from the Crown Prince 10 tho Crown
Princess and at length exclaimed " Dont b" -hy,
Royal lIIghncss. AK nc ANYTHING you want -
know !" OF course shou, of laughter WAS the re-
suit aud whenever the young Princc,se, want
now to riIs, u laugh they Imp.ore their parents
not 10 b. shY"
Before concluding. | NAV add that the Crown
Princes winning AID CORDIAL bearing was the chief
cause Of the hearty manner In w.lch the BlvIriaD
aud OF her south German troops under his command
III 1870 forgot their hereditary La red OF Prussia.
and cu-OpcIatcd - thOIOughiV with the RUSSIAN
dicrs. he lnuce II immensely 2 'pulnr 10 tho
soul H. and has done more to rec 'ncllr rs union 10
the North than anythI or ANYBODY csr,
4 GOD-ON OF TIE CROWN PRINCE
Neic- York, Nov. X. 1857.